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More than 200 garment employees were injured while trying to
come out of the factory building in Cumilla's Chauddagram during moderate
earthquake jolted the country on Saturday morning.
The incident took place at Amir Shirts Ltd on the
Dhaka-Chattogram highway.
Chauddagram Upazila Health Complex health officer Golam Kibria
said,"Several teams are working in rescue operation. The exact number of
admissions is not yet clear, but it is believed to be over two hundred."
The number of wounded may rise, he added.
Meanwhile, Director of Cumilla Medical College Hospital Azizur
Rahman Siddiqui said four people from Cumilla EPZ and Cumilla Women's College
have been admitted for treatment at the hospital.
A magnitude 5.6 quake jolted Dhaka and other districts at about 9:36am on Saturday which lasted for a few seconds.
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